FIRST – Foundations’ Fundraiser and Storyteller

FIRST aims to boost foundations role as a promoter of common values, civic engagement, and participation by helping them improve their fundraising skills through storytelling and to network on a European level.

In Europe, the importance of the third sector is increasingly being acknowledged, from various points of view. It has gained economic significance in terms of employment and production, especially in services provision. Public authorities have paid greater attention, in recent decades, to third sector-organizations, recognizing them as partners for the implementation of public policies. Despite those trends, such an acknowledgement seems to remain purely instrumental or focused only on specific fields, and the image of the third sector in public opinion generally remains unclear. Even within the third sector itself, the degree of consciousness of belonging to a wide and distinct sector varies significantly across organizations and often remains low.

In this context, the FIRST project aims to boost foundations role as a promoter of common values, civic engagement and participation by improving their fundraising skills through storytelling and their networking on a European level.  The project is developing a learning platform with an online course on European fundraising and storytelling as well as a networking platform for foundations.

 

TARGET GROUPS

Third Sector Representatives/ Foundations

VET Educators and Providers

Young Professionals, Students, Graduate

 

 

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